I apologise, but I do not know how to post images on this website (or any other, truth to tell, mainly because I am not very good at computers and whatnot - the typewriter is and has always been my the type of thing so if anyone is kind enough to either teach me to do so or be kind enough to post images online about the animes tht i saw, I will be most grateful)
But I had spent the better part of a year watching and re-watching anime shows that I know and love, simply because I could never find any anime shows that held the same importance to me, like my all-time favourites in my own person best 5, at least) like Haibane-Renmei (Charocal Feathers of Old home), Patlabor the Movie, Patlabot 2: The movie, WXIII: Patlabor the Movie, Voices of a Distant Star, 5 Centimeters per Second, Serial Experiments lain, Neon Genesis Evangelion, to name a few.
But over the last month, I have gone out of my way to watch some anime shows that i never would have dreamed to give the light of day before. Most noticably, Angel Beats!, Zombie-Loan, Clannad 9and its sequal Clannad: After Story (even though it is confusing beyond belief at the at the end!), 'The Bridge to the Starry Skies and one series that i thought i would never be interested in, "Welcome To The NHK" but these animes make me feel somewhat disheartened, not from their content although that is a factor for each of the series) but that these series, whilst entertaining, all have a dark, almost disturbing element to them that, while often times depressing, provide comic relief when you least expect it.
I cannot believe that anime has moved away from the crappy children's crap (dare I use 'Shin-Chan or 'One Piece as an example?) and actually follows a more well-balanced story line, where, while there is comedy, there is also parts that chance each of the characters and how they see the World around them in a new light.
I do not really know why I am position this message, but if anyone on this site has a genuine interest in breaking away from the mainstream anime that is currently shown with exception to Zombie-Loan), and really wants to watch a anime series that has depth, not not only for the story-plot, but the characters themselves as they grow through each episode, then there are the current anime series that I recommend to watch and, if you are anything like me, you will watch and re-watch them, not just because of the characters, but for the physiological aspects and superb musical score.